lass
German, adjective/las/
lass is spelled L-A-S-S (4 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written German, the 863rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lass is a German adjective meaning “powerless, tired, lazy, idle, sluggish, weak, weary, slack, limp; insufficiently diligent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of lassen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Energie habend”.
What does lass mean in English?
adjective
- 1
powerless, tired, lazy, idle, sluggish, weak, weary, slack, limp; insufficiently diligent
verb
- 1
singular imperative of lassen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of lassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Energie habend 2. ohne die nötige Sorgfalt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lass
- lasser masculine nominative singular
- am lassesten superlative
- lasse feminine nominative singular
- lasses neuter nominative singular
- lassen genitive masculine singular
- lassem dative masculine singular
- der lasse definite includes-article masculine
- die lasse definite feminine includes-article
- das lasse definite includes-article neuter
- die lassen definite includes-article nominative
- des lassen definite genitive includes-article
- der lassen definite feminine genitive
- dem lassen dative definite includes-article
- laß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lass?
- /las/
- [las]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lass in German?
lass appears 100 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).